Stay At Home Colorado

"I direct all Coloradans to stay at home, subject to limited exceptions such as obtaining food and other household necessities, going to and from work at critical businesses, seeking medical care, caring for dependents or pets, or caring for a vulnerable person in another location." —Jared Polis

This directive by Governor Polis is in force through at least April 11th. 

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Summit County Ski Resorts Public Safety Announcement

Keystone, Breckenridge, Arapahoe Basin, Loveland, Copper, and the White River National Forest office, have come together as a unified voice of concern for outdoor enthusiasts recreating on closed resort property. They are urging folks to stay home to help mitigate risk to the Summit County community.

Social Distancing

In order to beat COVID-19, we all need to isolate ourselves as much as possible. The sooner and more completely we do that, the sooner we can all get back to what we love.

Visit coronavirus.gov and follow the guidelines from the Center for Disease Control for more information.

Weather Forecast

We enjoyed a beautiful day on Tuesday and we have another in-store for Wednesday ahead of our next round of snow on Thursday. There will be a slight chance for a few high-elevation showers on Wednesday afternoon but these will not amount to anything. Valley temps will rise into the 50s, with mid-mountain temps in the upper 30s to low 40s. 

The action will begin to ramp up through midday Thursday ahead of the main event on Thursday afternoon and evening. Heavy snow showers will likely fall to our north on Thursday, with only scattered light snow showers for areas along the corridor.

We'll then be watching for periods of moderate to heavy snowfall along the corridor through Thursday evening as colder air moves into the region, along with a shift to winds out of the west and maybe the west-northwest. 

In total, look for 2-6 inches for mountain areas along the corridor, with slightly higher totals if any area can get caught under a quick band of intense snowfall. The heaviest snowfall will wind down by early Thursday night and tail off by Friday morning.

For the weekend, we will be watching for cooler days on Friday and Saturday and milder temperatures beginning on Sunday. Light snow showers will likely fall through Friday and Saturday, with daytime highs only rising into the 20s on the mountains. Due to spring-time convection (think summer afternoon thunderstorms), quick periods of heavy snow showers could fall so that will be something to watch on Friday and Saturday.

Travel Forecast 

Clear and mostly dry road surfaces will continue through Wednesday night. Travel will cruise along at normal speeds.

Wet road surfaces return on Thursday morning, followed by icy, slushy, and snow-packed surfaces from Thursday afternoon through Thursday night. If you must travel, expect slower travel speeds on Thursday afternoon and evening, with reduced visibility and difficult driving conditions under bands of heavier snowfall.

Normal travel speeds will return on Friday morning and continue through at least early next week. Wet and icy road surfaces could form during times of afternoon snow showers but very light traffic should keep everyone cruising along at normal speeds.

Stay tuned to CDOT and our I-70 mountain cams for the latest updates.

Looking further ahead, storminess will continue to concentrate on areas to our west and north through early and possibly into the middle of next week. We could receive light snow showers from time-to-time but these will not amount to much. 

Our full attention will shift to later next week and into the weekend of April 11th and 12th as all longer-range models have storms shifting further east into Colorado. Our snowpack typically peaks around April 7th so it's all bonus snowfall for our rivers as we head into the second half of April and May!

Statewide, we're currently at 104% compared to average, with every river basin in northern Colorado sitting above-average as of April 1st.

Thank you so much for your continued support!

SAM COLLENTINE

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